Page 8 - Year End Specials

Year in review: Best smartphones of 2019 in terms of design and aesthetics

Business Standard lists top five smartphones launched in 2019 with a distinct design language. Read on for top 5 smartphones design trends of 2019

Year in review: From Realme to Samsung, best budget smartphones of 2019

Business Standard lists the five best sub-Rs 10,000 smartphones launched in 2019

Best of 2019: Spectre Camera wins Apple's list of top apps of the year

Digital notebook app Flow by Moleskine was the top iPad app, while Serif Labs' Affinity Publisher publishing and design app took top honours for Mac

Dangal biggest blockbuster of decade, Bajrangi Bhaijaan second: Yahoo India

Other films in the list of top 10 blockbusters of the decade include "Sultan", "Tiger Zinda Hai", "Dhoom 3", "Sanju", "War", "Chennai Express" and "Dabangg"

SC judges behind Ayodhya case 'Personality of the Year': Yahoo India

Yahoo India's annual list reflects the year's top trends, happenings and events based on users' daily search patterns and an editorial selection of what they read, recommended and shared most on Yahoo

Flipkart ranking: These top smartphones got buyers drooling in 2017

E-commerce major Flipkart ranks the best smartphones of the past year in their respective segments based on traction they got among online buyers

Performance meter: India's largest equity-oriented MFs in 2017

The top 10 largest funds manage assets worth Rs 1,700 billion, or a fifth of the total equity assets

Rural uptick, festive season aided auto growth in 2017

Analysts expect growth in 2018 to be 10-12% across segments

After Gujarat scare, BJP to face litmus test in four state polls in 2018

Modi noted at a party meeting that the BJP with its allies are ruling more states- 19 in total- than Indira did at the height of her power

After many gains & an unexpected loss in 2017, Isro ready for a better 2018

The year 2017 has seen the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) having various achievements, including the launch of its four tonne launh vehicle Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle - Mark III (GSLV-Mk III) and the launch of 104 satellites in one go. During the year it has also intensified efforts to encourage industry to enter the space, which could help them to prepare for the future challenges using the available resources.The failure of its trusted workhorse PSLV in launching a navigation satellite in its C39 mission has come as a setback for the organisation during the year. While there were no launches after this mishap, the space organisation is gearing up for more major launches in next year.The year 2017 for Isro launches started with the PSLV-C37 mission on February 15, which has put 104 satellites in a single launch into orbit. Another single launch on June 23 has seen 31 satellites sent to their orbits.These satellites include - Two Indian Cartosat-2 series ...

In 2017, Mandsaur firing brought out anger among farmers

Farmers were unhappy over the non-fulfillment of the 2014 campaign promise by the BJP that they would be able to make a 50 per cent profit over their input costs

Delhi air pollution, Ganga & Yamuna rejuvenation kept NGT busy in 2017

The tribunal also expressed its anguish at the AAP government for not taking preventive steps to deal with air pollution

2017: Railways grappled with accidents, took steps to improve efficiency

The year also saw the rail budget being merged with the general budget, breaking a tradition that had been continuing since 1924

From right to privacy to triple talaq: Top Supreme Court verdicts of 2017

As 2017 draws a close, take a look at Supreme Court's crowning verdicts of the year

From Doklam to Indo-Pacific Quad: 2017 was eventful for Indian armed forces

But they had their share of controversies also, including the use of a Kashmiri as a 'human shield'

81 reporters killed on the job, violence against media soared in 2017: IFJ

More than 250 journalists were in prison in 2017

M-Cap of top 10 business groups up 46% in 2017

Anil Ambani group gains the most, followed by Adani and Mukesh Ambani

China created as many jobs as France's population since 2012

That's welcome news in Beijing, where leaders have already met their goal to add 11 million new urban jobs this year as they put greater focus on cutting debt and excess capacity

2017 oil's most bullish year, thanks to OPEC

The rally came on the back of a well-orchestrated campaign led by Saudi Arabia and Russia to enforce and extend supply curbs implemented by the OPEC and other producing nations

2017 year-ender: Digital payments

The cash-crunch following demonetisation has written a great story for the digital payments space